When it comes to personal information, let's not even talk about finance figures, it's important for companies to do their utmost to ensure that all that data is protected well from any form of security attack. You'd think that in this day and age, that with technology, things would get simpler, but I suppose this is the one area where advancement has actually made it easier to steal precious information from businesses!

Good article the financial services industry has been the focus of multiple hacking attempts lately, some successful and some not so, pressure from customers and investors have forced the industry to look at cyber security seriously . I work with McGladrey and there's great advice on our webiste for financial services firms to tackle cybersecurity issues that are affecting the industry. McGladrey are also hosting a three-part webcast series to understand how you can step up your security posture and data breach preparedness you can register at the link. bit.ly/mcgldrycybersec2

How would you measure your security operation after reading this article? Do you have the utmost confidence in your team's ability to execute within your vision? Do you have a guard tour system and incident management system combo in place to put you in the Top Professional category of security operations?

The clandestine way with which Nasdaq OMX chose to deal with the departure of its chief information security officer is a far cry from all the attention grabbing headlines about cyberthreats we see every day.